Debbie and Joe Dina, who are moving to Wausau from upstate New York, visited a house for sale with real estate agent Gizo Ujarmeli, left, Thursday on Wausau's east side.

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Home sales across the country are surging back in the wake of the Great Recession, and Wausau is riding that wave - with one notable exception.

The sale of existing Wausau homes is up 18 percent this year as compared with last year, which is well above the state average of 13.6 percent. But one sector of homes is stubbornly refusing to rebound. ...